Soft collar



I. MARINSKY* soFT COLLAR Filed April 22, 1929 Patented Jan. 7, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SOFT COLLAR Application led April 22,

My invention relates to the type of soft collars which are lined.

The essential objects of my invention are to stifi'en the collar along the margins of its adjacent ends and along the line of the fold by a means particularly adapted to the structure of a collar of the lined type, whereby any necessary pocket slit may be located adjacent the line of the fold, and not at a distance therefrom; and to eflect this end in a structure involving a minimum of labor and eX- pense.

My invention consists in the means for effecting the results above specified substantially as hereinafter claimed.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification Figure 1 is a front view of my invention embodied in a lined soft collar,

Figure' 2, a fragmentary rear View of the same, the neck band bein shown elevated,

Figure 3, a section ta en on line 3 3 of Figure 2,

Figure 4, a rear view of the stiffening member removed, and

Figure 5, a fragmentary reverse View of the same.

Similar characters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the views.

The collar herein shown comprises a soft neckband 7 and soft flap 8, the latter terminating in diverging points 9, and a fold 10.

The neckband is composed of a foundation or base strip 12, a lining strip 13, and a facing strip 14, all of soft fabric, and the strip 14 being preferably of silk. The flap comprises a foundation or base strip 16,A a lining strip 17, and a facing strip 18 of the same materials respectively as the strips of the neckband.

The flap strips are bound together along their end edges 19 and bottom edges 20 by concealed lines of stitches 23 and 24 respectively, and equispaced therefrom are end marginal lines of stitches 26 and a bottom marginal line of stitches 27. The edge lines of stitches 23 and the marginal lines of stitches 26 adjacent thereto and parallel therewith, combine with the narrow upwardly inclined-spaces 28 between the lining strip and base strip to form pockets 29 whose 1929. Serial No. 356,907.

mouths 3.0 extend along the collar fold 10.

Each pocket has its upper edge defined by an inturned fold 32 formed by making two vertical spaced parallel slits downwardly from the upper edge of the lining strip 17 and then downwardly folding the slit material. This folded edge prevents the top of the pocket from fraying by wear or launderin After the edge of the pocket is olded the flap is attached to the neck band by inserting 0 its upper edge between the foundation strip 12 and the facing strip 14 of the band a short distance, the facing strip 14, overlapping the lining strip 17. The lower edges of all the neck band strips are upwardly folded inwardly, and their upper edges are downwardly folded inwardly. The parts thus` positioned are bound together by spaced lines of stitches 36 extending along the lower margin of the neck band, continuous with similar lines of stitches 38 extending along the upper margin of the same. The band 7 is provided as usual with end button holes 40 and an intermediate button hole 41. In folding the collar for use the band is turned downward in the direction of the arrow shown in Figure 3 with its facing strip 14 adjacent the lining strip 17 of the flap.

Before folding however removable stiffening elements 43 of the collar are introduced into the pockets. The stiffening members are of stiif material having a degree of pliability such as thin sheet metal, although Celluloid may be used less advantageously. Each stifening member is formed of fiat stock and comprises a vertically inclined arm 44 having upon its upper end an open rearward.- ly and downwardly directed fold or arched neck portion 45, the line of the fold being disposed at an obtuse angle to the arm 44. Con- 99 tinuous with the lower end of the yoke or fold 45 is a substantially horizontal arm 47, disposed atan obtuse 'angle to the arm 44 and lying in a parallel plane thereto and spaced therefrom. The arms 44 are slidably inserted 9" in the pockets 29 with the arches or necks 45 enclosing the upper margins of the pockets,

the upper edges of the arms 47 f along the line of the fold 10.

The necks 45 of the stifening members 43 10 lowing .2` i imam? are imgortant in that they enable the mouths 30 of t e pockets to be located alon the junction of the flap and the collar ban where the general collar construction lends itself to the facile and concealed construction of the folds 32. Furthermore, the location of the pocket y mouth at a point substantiall below the plane o'f the fold would increase e dilliculty and v expense and the mutilated portions of the lining strip 17 would be exposed incertain positions of the flap.

It should be noted that in this lined soft collar the portions of the lines of stitches 23 which extend along the collar end ed 19, and the lines of stitches 26 arallel t ereto` which are requisite in the or 'nary construction of lined soft collars are herein utilized as a part of the ket construction also, which is a saving o gense over that of specially` constructed `p ets located elsewhere in the flap.

It will be observed that the stitfening member by reason of the 'offset character of the portion 45 is particularly adapted to facile insertion and removal into and from its marginal pocket.

I claim Y I Y 1.y In a lined soft collar, a neck band, a ap comprisin a foundation stri and a 30 string attac ed thereto, a fol along the top of e flap, u wardl directed dpockets in the lining rovi ed\wit mouths sposed along the fol and stie members comprising arms slidably mounte in the pockets, vertical folds upon the up r ends of the arms located in the mouths o the pockets, and arms integral with the lower ends of the folds exterior of the pockets and disposed along the fold at an an le to the first arms.

o 2. In a line soft collar, a neck band, a flap comprisin a foundation'stri) and a lining strip attac ed at their up er e ges to the neck band and attached toget er along their end ed s by edge lines of stitches, and along their 5 en margins by mar al lines of stitches formin upwardly in ed pockets between the stri s, a fold alongthe top of the flap, and sti enin members comirising arms in the pockets s dably mounte in the pockets,

5 downwardly directed folds upon the u per ends of the arms extending exterior o the kets, and arms disposed at an angle to the rst arms integral with the second fold and extending along the first mentioned fold.

In testimony whereofl have aixed my signature. ISAAC MARINSKY. 

